Locker door



Nov. 22, 1927.

G. W. BROOKS LOGKER DOOR Filed Sept. ll, 1925l INVENToR f ATTORNEY Patented `Nov. 22, 1927.y

Grenen W. Banorte, or Tarrina, Kansas;

Loenen noon.

Application filed September 11,1925. Serial No. 55,733;

My inyeutioilrelates to locker doors and ticalarly to. a door tor hallway ll rooms. Wall openin or other or spaces to which private accees is desirable? but where because of lack of hall spaceor tor other reasons it either impractical or undesirable to employ a door ot the ordinary hinged type; the object oi the invention being to provide a door of this character which iS simple in constructionand operation, attraclire in appearance, and through which privacy ot access to the rapace Whiclrit encloscs may be a'ii'orded.

ln the accon'ipanying drawings wherein the invention is, tor the purpose ot illuetration, shown as applied to a hallway locker` Fig. 1 is a perepcct: Ye View ot a locker equipped with a doorvembodying my im proVementsf:j parte oft the locker and of the door being broken `away i'or better illustra-L tiem the door being Shown Ain open position. llig. 2 ie a similar View the doo'i` closed and Fig. El `a detail perspective View. oit a modified torni ot the invention, showing the locker door in connection with a door Vorf ordinary construction and provided with a' Ventilating attaehn'ient.A

Referring more in detail to the drawings, 1 des nates a` locker which may be ot any suitable type, inset into a building `Wall or otherwise arrai'iged, and comprising a trame 2 and shelving 3. although the construction oit the locker 'trame is immaterial providing a suitable door opening is atfoi-ded. Y 'i Pivotally mounted on the inner edges; olf tlie'side members olf the trame 2 by studs or the like are hanger bars V3 preferably ot strap metal and provided at their lower ends with links 7 which are pivotally connected with the l'ree endso'l the bars by studs 8, and are `prorided with longitudinal slots 9. The bare (3 are paired at the top and bottom of the traine7 tl'ie upper pair being eonnec-ted with the trame vadjrent the top rail7 and the lower pair at euch a distance from the bottom rail that the bars may more into and from the door opening el, 'lhe hanger bars are adapted for carrying a door member 10 which forms a closure tor the door opening and may be moved from and toufard' the frame 2 upon its suspension mounting in a manner presently described. The door is preferably formed of sheet metal and coinprises the tace 11 and edge flanges 12, the

dimensions being such that the edgellanges Wi trame adjacent the opening 4t when the door is closed, and the lenfrth' of the hanger bars being such that when the door is open asuff ticient spacey is afforded between the edges of the doorind the '.taeeiof the frameto permit articles being inserted int-0 the'locker or `removed therefrom. e y Y i v p The door member is preferably connected with the hanger bars by means ot, brackets 18 secured to the inner faces' of the side flanges 12 by bolts or rivets 14 and having Screw threaded studs l5 adapted for slidable projeetioninto the slots 9 of the links 7,011 the'hanger bare, so `that the door may be easily aesembled with its mounting and properly adjusted thereto. i y

To facilitate opening of the door I prefer to provideV mechanism 'for ,automatically swinging thev door to open position when it is unlocked, and to accomplish this purpose l locate a combination locking and operating mechanism within the locker and preferably coniprising a' rod 1.7 mounted `for Vertical sliding" n'iovement in brackets 18 that are fixed to and project inwardly from one of the side members ot the door frame. and

through a lock housing'lQ which is also mounted on the door frame.V The rod'l'' is also fixed in apertures in lugs 20 rotatable on the tree. ends of the bars 21 which are pivotally connected With the hanger bars G,

preferably through the same studs 8 which connect the barswith the links 7, and 1ocated between the upper stud 2O and the adjacent bracket 18 an expansion spring which normally urges the roddoWIlWardly and tends to swing the bars 21 outwardly to automatically open the `door under the spring tension. The rod 17 is provided with anotch 23 adapted tor engagement by a look bolt 2li Within the lock housing 19 when elevatedagainst the tension ot the spring 22, but which ymay be released to free the rod ll bear against the outer face of the door by Vthe Withdrawal ot the bolt through 'a lock mechanism which may-be ot any ordinary construction and is therefore not ild lustrated in detail.

Assuming that the parts are constructed and assembled as described7 when the door is in closed position the hanger bars 6 lie y' Within the door trame in the position illustrated in Fig. 2, and the combined locking and operating rod is held in its vertical position against tension ot' its spring by engagement ofthe lock bolt in the notch 23. `When the holder of the key desires access to `the locker he inserts the key, rocksthe lock bolt` to free the rod 17 and immediately upon removal oit the bolt from the rod, the spring operates to throw` the rod downward, this movement extending the bars 21 and pushing the door outwardly on its pivotal hanger mounting, Vthe projection of the door being suiiicient l to afford access "to the locker through the space `between the edges ot the door ianges and the door frame.

" brought into POSOD fol' receiving the lock' ingljbolt. llVhen the door has been closed it is automatically locked as heretofore described.

Itis apparent that with this construction a greater number of lockers may be employed in a limited hall space than would be possible with doors ot ordinary hinged construction h y In the modiied form shown in Fig; 3 I

have `illustrated my improvements as applied to an ordinary hinged door wherein the locker space is providedby a built up `housing "on theside of the hinged door opposite that to VWhich my structure is applied. With" this arrangement I may provide-for ventilation by" cutting an opening 25 in the housingr 26 and equippingthe latter with a panel 27 which may move toward and from the'housinfg'onl extension arms 28 to open and close the i Ventilating aperture 25.`

What I claim y and desire to secure by Letters-Patent is:

41.111,1 combination with a doorframe and a door, links fixed to the door and extending into the door opening,hanger bars pivotally mounted on the frame Within the door opening and pivotally connected with said links, guides on the frame, a rod slidable in said guides, spreader barspivotally connected with said links and with said rod, a spring normally, yieldingly urging the rod in one direction and lock mechanism normally restraining the rod to retain the door in closed position. i

\ 2. In combination With a door frame and a "door, links adjustably mount-ed on the door and extending into the door opening, hanger bars pivotally mounted on the trame Within the door opening and pivotally connected with said links, guidesonithe frame,

a; rod slidable insaid guides, spreaderbars pivotally connectedwith said links and said to the door and its other `end pivotally mounted on the door frame on a shiftable axis, and means urging the frame ends of said bars toshift their axes and open the door.

4. The combination with a door frame and a door, of a hanger bar having its opposite ends respectively connected with the door and door frame, a` spreader bar having one end connected to said door and its opposite end pivotally mounted on the frame on a shiftable axis and in spaced relation to an adjacent end of the hanger bar, the spacing of said ends being variable whereby the door is moved from and toward the `frame upon variation of the spacing of said ends of said hanger and spreader bar.

5. The combination with a door trame and door, of hanger bars pivotally connected ther-od between said stops normally tending to shift the rod, meansfor restraining the rod, spreader bars pivotally connected with the rod, and means pivotally connecting said spreader bars With the door whereby the spacing of the frame ends of said hanger `and spreader bars maybe decreased when the rod is shifted in onevdircction.

6. The combination with a door frame and (lool, of hanger bars pivotally connected with the frame and door, a vertically reciprocating rod mounted on the frame, a spreader bar pivotally connected with the rod, andmeans pivotally connecting' said spreader bar with the door whereby the spacing of the frame ends of said hanger and spreader bar may be increased to `open the door when the rod is moved in one direction. h i

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

GEORGE W. BnooKs. 

